A campaign says it’s time for restaurants in Hampton Roads to think outside the box — the Styrofoam box. A statewide ban on expanded polystyrene packaging — known best by the brand Styrofoam — means ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Polystyrene foam is still being sold in the state of California despite a ban that went into effect on Jan. 1, 2025. (Susanne Rust ...

Lawmakers in Illinois have moved to ban a particularly harmful kind of food packaging. According to an early-August report from Environment+Energy Leader, the Illinois General Assembly has passed ...

On a picture-perfect day in Seattle, Emily Gonzalez, the director of Law and Policy at Puget Soundkeeper Alliance, walked around the water at Lake Union with a large bag in one hand and a grabber in ...

As lawmakers take aim at hard-to-recycle plastic and foam, a California packaging company is introducing a new shipping cooler made of woven paper fibers that could transform how temperature-sensitive ...

DENVER — Styrofoam has become part of most Americans’ daily lives, from packaging to food containers and more. It’s abundant because it’s cheap to produce, lightweight and convenient. However, the ...

Gov. Greg Gianforte went beyond the regular duties of his office — sending a letter to lawmakers informing them of the reasons he vetoed a bill — and shared a video on social media explaining why he ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — A plan to ban the sale of Styrofoam packaging in Illinois by 2030 passed the state Senate Wednesday. Illinois companies would still be allowed to make and sell styrene ...

OLYMPIA, Wash.-A ban on foam packaging containing PFAS goes into effect in Washington State this summer. Starting on June, 1, a ban on the sale of expanded polystyrene, more commonly known as ...